Milk-bottle capper



G. STRANDT.

- MILK BOTTLE CAPPER.

AP PLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 19H.

Patented N 0V. 30, 1920.

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Lift) w w c 1 u ,gJUNIT-E AT-EN fortie 'eUsThv" s'rnnismi or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, Assmnoxtminimum DAIRY.

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Application fi1eii November To all whom it may conce'rm Be it-known that I, GUS AV. STRANDT, a

- citizen of theUnitd states',-- residing at Milwaukee', county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have i'nvented new. and useful Improvements. in Milk-Bottle Cappers, Tof

which the following is a -specification.

' My'invention relates to certain improvements in that class of Inilk .bottle. ca )pfers, for which Letters. Patent of the" nited States,'No. 1,-0 40,4=53',.was issued to me'Oc toher 8th, 1912,'andthe,same pertains more. especially to a devicefor feeding and'fore' ing thick caps, and caps having side bea'If ings, to their seats in he-mouth oi' the bot-'. -tle;- 4 Heretofore'. the ordinary paper cap was 'adapted,.;whenf.forced down into the mouth of a bottle, to restupon a single horizontal surfac'eor seatonly, while my pres.-

,ent invention is adaptedt'o be used-With caps which hear, when in their closedposition, against twozhorizontal sea-ts.- Insome 1 :instanceshrtai'n forms of caps'are adapted: to bear. against the vertical fw'all, and the .bottle is more effectually closed, because of the. factthatlthev :cap is closed-v against .a

plurality of seats. When caps are formed of a single pieee'of paper,- s'uch caps are each provided with a downward bend or beadr which is adapted to'bear'against the vertical sides of the mouth ofthe bottle, whilethe lower edge of such bead o'r'bendis adapted to rest upon the lower seat of thebottle, and the. upper seat of the. bottle is closed by the upper fiat horizontal portion of, said cap. When, however, caps formed.

from a plurality of sheets" are used, but two seats/of the bottle are adapted to be closed, the upper and lower. The overlapping portion of the cap constitutes a means whereby .the cap may easily be removed from the bottle.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying, drawing, in which Fignrel represents a side "iew of a machine for capping milk bottles, part. broken away. L g Fig. 2 is'a vertical section. of the mouth of the bottle, provided with an improved form of cap whicli my device is adapted to force'into the mouth of the bottle.

. Specification of Letters istas."

- MILK-norms GAY 1 33.;

' Fig. 4, and :1

- which isadapted tof be' operated uponand forced into devicefl-i L ke parts are-identified by the same ref erence I numerals g throughout the :several ..:v1ews.

Figspl', 2,13 and 5.the several: piecesof pa-per or 'cardboard"1,,2 and s secured together by -a-w1re staple 4, a sfshown in Fig. l 2 and 3,'and 1t thereforebeeomes necessary Fig, 5 is a vertical section of the line: 6, of.

the mouth of fibqttle by my When are made hf the fo rlii shown inea s-W30.

iisa plan view of affport i'olri of an to pro'videgthereciprocating slide 5..with a suitable plate 16, w 1 is adapt as the said slide is-movedforwardly to re-- move the lowercapfirom the stack in the I tube or magazine?19,'-and raise those above it,

to prevent the points of, the staple 4 from injuring the cap. which is then being moved into capping position, y e v The reciprocating's lide 5 is also provided on its lower surface with an additional-plate 20 which plate 20 is'adapted, as said-slide is moved inwardly with a cap ofthe style shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, to bear against the opposing edge of the sheet3, as described. and claimed in my coepending ap plication, Ifiled- "Dec. 66,885,. i a

The reciprocating slide 5 is alsoprovided upon twoopposing sides, at itsfrontzend with two vertical flanges 7 ,7. whichflangos 15, 1915, Serial No.

are adapted to engage the upper sheet 1 of. h

the style of cap shown in .Figs. 1' and 5,

whereby such cap is always forced inwardly. with each forward movement of the slide .5, v

regardless of. the fact that such upper sheet fmay, n some instances, be bent upwardly or out of its normal shape. The cupshaped member 8 is provided with two flanges 9, 9 which are'curved inwardly at their inner ends, and extend along parallel lines from opposite sides of the ring toward the cap magazine 19, said flanges being adapted to engage the upper sheet of that style of cap shown in l l and 5, whereby such caps are supported above and free from contact with the mouth of the bottle when forced inwardly over such mouth until. such cap is acted upon by the plunger 10, when said i pa res longitudinally over the center line thereof,

provided with a downwardly beveled front mar in terminatin at the front n'1ar 'in of plunger 10 descends and contacts withthe;

upper sheet" of said cap, whereby said sheet is curved upwardly far enough't'o escape past said supporting flanges 9, 9,,when itis thereafter forced into the "mouthof the bottle;

'of less diameter than the lit will be understood that capper is not only adapted to force caps of the .style shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5 intothe mouths of bottles, but'such device is also adapted to be used with the form of caps shown in Fig.

7, whenthe' upper portion of the cap 11 isadaptedto rest u'pon the upper horizontal .surface of the seat 12, while the bead or bend 13 is adapted to bear against the verti- ,portion of said slide margin, and adapted mounted upon the support and having an the slide, said first nainedmargin being formed to engagea circular cap at-a plu- 7 ra'lity of points along its periphery, and said slide being also provided on'its under surface vwith anauxiliary cap engaging member projecting in advance of the centralto engage a depending portion of the cap I portion engaged by the body of the slide.

. "In a milk bottle-capper, the combination with a support, aicap storing magazine open lower end,-a'- feed slide adapted toreclprocate along thesupport underneath the magazine, a relatively narrow plate on the cal sides H of the mouth of the. bottle,

while the lower et ge 15 pf said bend is adapted to rest on the upper surface of the lower seat 16.

Thus, it is obvious that my capper is, adapted to be used for forcing at least two different styles of caps into the mouths of bottles.

t will be understood that invention herein is predicated upon the mechanism herein described and claimed; that the plunger 10, plunger supporting rodlG; yoke lT,"IO(l l8,

tube 19, and slide operating mechanism,. as

well as numerous other cooperating parts,

have heretofore been shown, and the same, forms no part of theprcsent invention, eX-- cept so far as suchparts necessarily coepei ate with the parts herein described and claimed. A i Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters "Patent,- is 2- open lower end, a feed slide adapted to reciprocate along the support underneath the ma a inc and a relativel narrow late on the upper? surface of v the feed slide dis,-

l. In a milkbottle capper, the. combina-1 ,tion with a support,'a cap storing magazine mounted upon the support and-having an upper surface of the feed slide disposed longitudinally over the center line thereof, and provided-with a downwardlybeveled front margin terminating at the front margin of the slide, said first named margin being formed to engage a circular c'ap at a plurality of pointsalong its periphery; said slide being also provided with ribs on its allel lines from opposite sides of the ring,

posed longitudinally over the center line thereof, and provided with a downwardly the lower portion of the ring having a hell I shaped inner surface to receive the mouth piece of a bottle, a support for the ring, a magazine carried by the support, and adapted to hold apile of bottle caps thereon, and

a reciprocatory slide on the support adaptech tofeed caps from the bottom of the maga-' 1'05 zine to the ring'along'the-parallel portions I,

of the ribs, said slide having an arcuate cap pushing marg1n adapted for movement along the upper surfaces of the ribs, and

another cap engaging portion ata lower level, and positioned to simultaneously-engage depending cap members of less diameter and push them into position within the ring below theflevelof the' upper surface of the ribs, whereby doubledisk caps may be fed into the capping ring by simultaneous pressure upon both disks, and while each cap is being supported by the engage.

beveled front margin terminating at the front margin of the slide, said first named margln being formed .to engage a 'clrcular capat aplurality of points along its periphery.

2. Inamilk bottle capper, the comb1na-- tion with a support, a cap storing magazine mounted upon the support and having an open lower end, a feed slide adapted to reciprocat'e along the support underneath the magazine, a relatively narrow plate on the upper surface ofuthehfeed slide disposed rrient of its upper disk with said ribsl 5. In a device of the described class, the

combination with a ring shapedbottle engaging member having its inner surface curved downwardly and outwardly, of a reciprocating slide, a plate adapted to pass beneath andraise a, stack of tape as a cap .125

is being forced inwardly over the mouth of; the bottle, a second plate secured to the lower side of said slide, a pair of upwardly extending flanges affixed to the respective sides of said slide near its front end, and

a second pair of flanges located Within the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature bottgle engagiing membenasaid second pair in the presence of two witnesses.

o' anges eing 1( apte to temporari y support a cap above the mouth of a bottle GUSTAV STRANDT' preparatory to being forced by a plunger Witnesses:

into such bottle mouth, all substantially as O. C. WEBER,

and for the purpose specified. Jns'. B. ERWIN. 

